I am delighted to see a comprehensive handbook covering varied aspects of nanomaterials from synthesis to applications. The book will be useful to students, teachers and practioners of the subject.

Prof. C. N. R. Rao - Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India

The famous statement “There’s plenty of room at the bottom, the principles of physics, as far as I can see, do not speak against the possibility of maneuvering things atom by atom, put the atoms down where the chemist says, and so you make the substance… What I want to talk about is the problem of manipulating and controlling things on a small scale. . .,” by legendary Richard Feynman made in 1959 at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society with immense foresight has been realized in less than half a century by consistent efforts and significant contributions from the scientific community across the globe. Nowadays, not only the research on nanoscale is among the most active fields in current science, but it is also being gradually introduced into our daily lives. The purpose of this book is to provide the readers with a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art research activities in the field of innovative nanomaterials.

This book is a comprehensive and complete introductory text on the synthesis, characterizations, novel properties, and applications of various innovative nanomaterials. The first part emphasizes the chemical and physical approaches used for the syntheses of various innovative nanomaterials. The second part mainly focuses on various applications of various nanostructured materials.

Graduate students and researchers with a background in chemistry, physics, materials science, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, environmental science, energy science, and biomedical science.